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# F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) Reviews
**Vendor:** F5  
**Category:** [Network Security Policy Management (NSPM) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/network-security-policy-management-nspm)  
**Average Rating:** 3.9/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 15
## About F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is a high-performance, full-proxy network security solution designed to protect networks and data centers against incoming threats that enter the network. Built on F5’s industry-leading BIG-IP hardware and software platforms, BIG-IP AFM provides a scalable platform that delivers the flexible performance and control needed to mitigate aggressive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and protocol attacks before they overwhelm and degrade applications and infrastructure availability. Natively a part of F5 BIG-IP AFM, F5 intrusion prevention system (IPS) performs Layer 5-7 inspection of incoming traffic and protects protocol and infrastructure against security incidents and exploits. BIG-IP AFM’s IPS solution reviews traffic for adherence to protocol standards, matching against known attack signatures. For service providers, BIG-IP AFM IPS does even more, protecting the network edge and performing traffic inspection and protocol adherence for prevalent service provider protocols such as SS7, Diameter, HTTP/2, GTP, SCTP and SIP traffic coming into the network over UDP, TCP, and SCTP.





## F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) Discussions
  - [What is F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-f5-big-ip-advanced-firewall-manager-afm-used-for)
  - [Need to know if F5 Advance firewall manger matches to our crieteria for which we are looking](https://www.g2.com/discussions/27568-need-to-know-if-f5-advance-firewall-manger-matches-to-our-crieteria-for-which-we-are-looking) - 1 upvote

- [View F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/f5-big-ip-advanced-firewall-manager-afm/reviews?page=2&section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-06+06%3A14%3A29+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=5e112a84-dde2-4e77-a20c-df3ba888a991&secure%5Btoken%5D=33799d985ff461ba7de5dae9780cc4a860b50c9c1a5d18d3fd16cf8f8e9173cc&format=llm_user)

## F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) Features
**Additional Functionality**
- Penetration Testing
- Alerts/Notifications
- Audit Trail
- Anti Virus
- Vulnerability Scanning
- Remote Monitoring & Management
- VPN
- Behavior Analytics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Real-Time Notifications
- Access Controls/Permissions
- SSL Security
- Patch Management
- Event Logs
- Anomaly/Malware Detection
- DNS Leak Protection
- Third-Party Integrations
- Server Monitoring
- Real-Time Monitoring
- Compliance Management
- Network Provisioning
- API
- Email Alerts
- Security Auditing
- Intrusion Detection System
- Data Visualization
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Generative AI
- Firewalls
- AI Copilot
- Anti Spam
- Threat Response
- Activity Monitoring
- Risk Alerts
- Data Loss Prevention
- Single Sign On
- Intrusion Prevention System
- Secure Login
- Policy Management
- Activity Dashboard

**Network Maintenance**
- Policy Optimization
- Risk Analysis
- Auditing

**Network Management**
- Network Mapping
- Compliance
- Reporting
- Console

**Network Monitoring**
- Network Monitoring
- Configuration Monitoring
- Change Management

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